Stenocereus dumortieri
Stenocereus dumortieri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Stenocereus |
Species: | S. dumortieri
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Binomial name | |
Stenocereus dumortieri (Scheidw.) Backeb. 1942
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Synonyms | |
Isolatocereus dumortieri (Scheidw.) Buxb. 1999 |
Stenocereus dumortieri is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Querétaro, Mexico at elevations of 1800 meters.[1]
Description
[edit]It has arborescent growth and reaches up to 7 m in height. Its trunk measures up to 1.5 m in length and about 35 cm in width. Glaucous green stem, covered with grayish wax. Branches erect, parallel to each other, all almost the same length, curved at the base, with the apex attenuated, 13-15 cm broad, with reddish-brown wool and some short, bristly spines, usually with annual constrictions of well marked growth. tubular flowers. Subglobose to ellipsoid fruit, red pulp, 3 to 4 cm long and 2 to 3.5 cm wide, covered with short podaries arranged in 4 series, with areoles provided with a reduced deltoid basal scab and short emerging felt, with very short spines, dehiscent at its apical part, giving off a pleasant aroma similar to that of jasmine, very juicy, fleshy and sweet when ripe[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Isolatocereus dumortieri". tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- ^ Valiente-Banuet A, Casas A, Alcántara A, Dávila P, Flores-Hernández N, Arizmendi M del C, Villaseñor J L, Ramírez J O. 2000. La vegetación del valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 67:25-74.
External links
[edit]- Data related to Stenocereus dumortieri at Wikispecies